"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes and trucks whom transport men to other worlds."
Meet our titular protagonist Haruto Watanabe, a man who has all the markings of a good protagonist for a generic portal fantasy story. As an overworked office worker, to escape from the grips of crippling capitalist alienation, he had taken up to reading many stories where young men like him were transported to other worlds and enjoyed their lives at a most leisurely pace. Armed with genre-awareness and (what he believes to be) a marketable personality which would make him an easy audience self-insert, he longed for the day the isekai express would take him to his long-awaited adventure to another world.
When the fateful day came, where the fair yet harsh mistress that is the fabled truck took Watanabe on one last date to the other side, he was most ready to escape his previous life, ready to embark on an errant so great he'd be most overpowered, his heroics so exceptional and his harem so vast that they would barely fit ten or twenty volumes of an overly long novel made by a desperate author looking for quick cash.
Lo and behold however, Watanabe instead found himself in a low fantasy world which lacked severely in the department of any game-like systems, cheat skills or easily charmed damsels in distress. In a setting so antithetical to his established genre savviness or any attempts at power fantasy, how will a man like Watanabe, lacking in strength, wits and courage, manage to survive in a land most foreign to him?
This is my first time trying to share to the wider world what I've written, and I hope you'll enjoy reading the errantry of Watanabe as much as I enjoy writing about them. I'll be posting one chapter per week on Sundays, along with extra chapters whenever I get the chance to write more than usual.
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 20 | Chapter XVIII – Wherein is related the situation of our hero and Rabanowicz after the ordeal. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 19 | Chapter XVII – Of matters pertaining not to heathens but of matters pertaining to heretics. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 18 | Chapter XVI – Which deals with the shopping spree that occurred during our hero's first day. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 17 | Chapter XV – Which treats of our hero's battle against the fierce monster known as bureaucracy. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 16 | Chapter XIV – Of the incident wherein our hero engaged in ferocious combat with a familiar figure. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 15 | Chapter XIII – In which our hero ventures forth and provides additional capital for his ventures. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 14 | Chapter XII – Wherein our hero finally starts his first quest after engaging in some commerce. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 14 | Chapter XII – Wherein our hero finally starts his first quest after engaging in some commerce. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 13 | Chapter XI – Which treats of the droll manner in which Watanabe learned how to count. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 12 | Chapter X – Which deals with our hero learning about the value of currency. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 12 | Chapter X – Which deals with our hero learning about the value of currency. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 11 | Chapter IX - In which much needed exposition is delivered through Rabanowicz. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 11 | Chapter IX - In which much needed exposition is delivered through Rabanowicz. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 10 | Chapter VIII - Wherein is related Watanabe's second conversation with a woman in another world. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 10 | Chapter VIII - Wherein is related Watanabe's second conversation with a woman in another world. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 9 | Interlude – In which the thoughts of Rabanowicz are related. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 8 | Chapter VII – Wherein is related Watanabe's first conversation with a woman in another world. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 7 | Chapter VI - Of the moment when Watanabe actually answered the call of duty. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 6 | Chapter VI - Of the moment when Watanabe actually answered the call of duty. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 6 | Chapter V - In which Watanabe joins the Brassican faith and guests most unexpected participate. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 6 | Chapter V - In which Watanabe joins the Brassican faith and guests most unexpected participate. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 5 | Chapter IV - Of the most gritty and realistic incident in which Watanabe answered the call of duty. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 5 | Chapter V - In which Watanabe joins the Brassican faith and guests most unexpected participate. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 4 | Chapter III - Wherein the conversation between our hero and the clergyman is related. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 4 | Chapter IV - Of the most gritty and realistic incident in which Watanabe answered the call of duty. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 4 | Chapter IV - Of the most gritty and realistic incident in which Watanabe answered the call of duty. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 3 | Chapter II - Which deals with our hero's arrival and the droll incident that follows. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 3 | Chapter III - Wherein the conversation between our hero and the clergyman is related. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 3 | Chapter III - Wherein the conversation between our hero and the clergyman is related. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 2 | Chapter I - In which our titular protagonist most expectedly kicks the bucket. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 2 | Chapter II - Which deals with our hero's arrival and the droll incident that follows. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 2 | Chapter II - Which deals with our hero's arrival and the droll incident that follows. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 1 | Chapter I - In which our titular protagonist most expectedly kicks the bucket. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 1 | Prologue? – Wherein is contained the obligatory prologue which starts in medias res. | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Errant Otherworlder Watanabe | 1 | Chapter I - In which our titular protagonist most expectedly kicks the bucket. | RoyalRoadL |